Muhammad
Muhammad is something of a tragic figure in history. He seems to have wanted to be a good person, but through the way he handled events in his life he became evil. He turned from wanting to be a prophet accepted by Jews and Christians as one bringing religion to the pagan Arabs into a mass murderer who killed Jews and Christians because they rejected him.
When he was young his father died leaving him fatherless. He is said to have slept with Aisha when she was young and did not hurt her. Indicating he was not well endowed. He is said to have been ridden by the men of al-Zutt all night long. He had this birthmark that made him think he was a prophet, and his first wife basically said "yes, dear" when he asked her if he was a prophet starting him down this dark path that ultimately created 1400 years of Jihadic rape and death.
Does compassion for him absolve him for what he did? Absolutely not, being spineless is not a virtue. It does mean we can see him in context and see his failure for what it was. Muhammad was a man, flawed man, who throughout his life gained much power and instituted his worldly desires in a system that religified tribal dynamics. He took people messing with him to extend to everyone in the group in an abject failure of logic. He took his misunderstanding of Christian and Judaic religion and codified it. He is, in some sense, a victim of his own success as a false prophet where, after enough believed, he could not admit he was wrong.
Let him be a warning to us all to treat people better. Don't give them the opportunity to fail like Muhammad did.
In death, he bears the weight of his sins committed in life.
May he find peace in death and may God rest is soul.
This Site & Muslim People
This site attempts to look at Islam by the actions of its members and the writings of the system, and not what its adherents say.
What is it about this religion that, above all others, turns its members to extreme violence and forced spread?
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